Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0Muston is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 56
Unpaid carers make up 12%, against 8.7% across England’s towns. In 2021, the Census found 334 residents in Muston, living in 143 households. Households with dependent children: 17% of the total. Higher than in 88% of UK towns: 34% of households live in a terraced house.
Muston ranks above 90% of UK towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
55–59 is the most common age band: 13% of residents, 1.9 times the share across England’s towns. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6% in Muston. Across the comparison, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Muston, 7.3% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 80% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 28% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 21% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). The wider picture: 11% of residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns. On the census count, 4.4% of adults are full-time students.
One-person households make up 22% in Muston, less than in 95% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against North Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
A household here has 2.3 people on average; across England’s towns, 2.4. Across England’s towns, 30% of households are one person living alone. Census figures put shared households of unrelated adults at 2.8% in Muston.
Fewer car-free households than 99% of UK towns: 4.2%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
0.7% of households live in a flat or apartment, against 23% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 24% of households have no car or van across England’s towns. The census found that 38% of households live in a detached house in Muston.
Fewer residents born outside the UK than 91% of UK towns: 3%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
By birthplace, the largest groups from abroad were born in EU countries (1.2%) and in the Middle East and Asia (1.2%). 99% of residents have English as their main language, more than in 97% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, 18% of residents were born outside the UK.
61% of residents describe themselves as Christian, more than in 95% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 95% of Muston · North Yorkshire’s towns 90% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The groups that follow White British are Other White (2.4%), Mixed or multiple (1.5%) and Caribbean (0.3%). Residents with no religion are rarer here than in 90% of UK towns. The comparison figure for residents who describe themselves as Christian is 46% across England’s towns. Against a figure of 73% across England’s towns, the share of residents who describe themselves as White British in Muston comes in at 95%.
More married adults and civil partners than 95% of UK towns: 58%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Adults who have never married make up 26%, against 39% across England’s towns. Elsewhere, 44% of adults are married or in a civil partnership across England’s towns. Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 11 residents.
Among adults, 32% hold a degree-level qualification
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Degree-level qualifications are held by 32% of adults in Muston (England’s towns: 34%), and no qualification by 18% (England’s towns: 18%).
4 of the 7 nearest towns are older than Muston
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muston | 334 | — | 56 | 30% | 17% |
| Filey | 6,664 | 1.3 mi | 57.8 | 38% | 17% |
| Hunmanby | 2,900 | 1.5 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 20% |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 2,120 | 5.6 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 23% |
| Scarborough | 59,505 | 6.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 23% |
| Bempton | 1,023 | 7.3 mi | 61.6 | 44% | 16% |
| East Ayton and West Ayton | 2,809 | 7.3 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 25% |
| Scalby | 1,790 | 8.5 mi | 61.5 | 44% | 14% |
Health, work and homes have their own pages
What this data can and can’t tell you
- “North Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in North Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Muston’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Muston’s residents
What is the population of Muston?
The 2021 Census counted 334 people in Muston’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Muston?
The median age was 56 at the 2021 Census. 9.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Muston?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 90% across North Yorkshire’s towns. 3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Muston?
32% said they had no religion and 61% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0% were Muslim and 6.6% didn’t answer.
Is Muston good for families?
17% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Muston’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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